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Research and Service
Historically, work carried out at WEFL has been a mixture of fundamental and applied research. Past
effort comprised mainly of
experimental investigations performed in large boundary layer wind
tunnels and supplemented by exploratory studies in smaller wind-tunnel facilities.
Recent experimental investigations at WEFL have been aided by numerical
simulations and/or by hybrid (analytical-numerical) analysis.
Fundamental studies recently carried out at WEFL include:
* Modeling of wind effects on low-rise
buildings
* Study of vortex flow and
wind loading on building roofs
* Aerodynamic optimization of roofing systems
* Study of structure of turbulent
boundary layer
* Active control of structural
response
* Innovative analysis of
wind and wind effects
* Validation of numerical
simulation using WEFL's data
Topics of applied investigations performed at WEFL
include:
* Wind effects on
buildings and structures
* Mitigation of pedestrian-level wind
* Aeroelastic modeling of
buildings and structures
* Mapping of flow over complex terrain
* Wind power studies
* Modeling and control of snow drifts
* Pollutant emission from fossil
fuel/nuclear power
plants
* Dispersion in thermally non-neutral
boundary layers
* Modeling of urban ventilation
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